Well I just went online for the first time and I can now see why this game is so addictive. I have only been playing for 3 days so I am quite a novice but it was probably the most fun I have ever had online.

It had most realism options turned on so at first it was a struggle just to get off the ground. After exploding 3 BF-109ks on takeoff I decided to switch to an LA7 like some people on these forums suggested and VOILA! I was airborne!

After flying around, circling my airbase and trying to get used to the realism after only playing on easy settings I decided it was time to look for a fight. I followed some of my wingmen and sure enough some enemy planes appeared. Seeing as I have no experience with Prop pitch, mixture or any advanced features my wingmen managed to get far ahead of me and engage the two enemy planes.

I hung back and from a distance I tracked one of the enemy planes, from memory it was a P-51. I slowly got closer and closer, lining him up in my gunsighsts, feeling slightly nervous trying to determine when to pull the trigger, I closed to under .50 and gave my primary trigger a squeeze.

NOTHING HAPPENED. I tried again, STILL NOTHING! I started to panic as I was gaining on him quite rapidly, I tried to slow down and pull up but it was no good, I overshot him and put myself directly in his gunsights. The last thing that went through my mind as I went down in flames was "The secondary trigger, you should have pulled the secondary trigger"

embryo66

02-25-2004, 05:12 AM

Well I just went online for the first time and I can now see why this game is so addictive. I have only been playing for 3 days so I am quite a novice but it was probably the most fun I have ever had online.

It had most realism options turned on so at first it was a struggle just to get off the ground. After exploding 3 BF-109ks on takeoff I decided to switch to an LA7 like some people on these forums suggested and VOILA! I was airborne!

After flying around, circling my airbase and trying to get used to the realism after only playing on easy settings I decided it was time to look for a fight. I followed some of my wingmen and sure enough some enemy planes appeared. Seeing as I have no experience with Prop pitch, mixture or any advanced features my wingmen managed to get far ahead of me and engage the two enemy planes.

I hung back and from a distance I tracked one of the enemy planes, from memory it was a P-51. I slowly got closer and closer, lining him up in my gunsighsts, feeling slightly nervous trying to determine when to pull the trigger, I closed to under .50 and gave my primary trigger a squeeze.

NOTHING HAPPENED. I tried again, STILL NOTHING! I started to panic as I was gaining on him quite rapidly, I tried to slow down and pull up but it was no good, I overshot him and put myself directly in his gunsights. The last thing that went through my mind as I went down in flames was "The secondary trigger, you should have pulled the secondary trigger"

CDN_Merlin

02-25-2004, 05:30 AM

Nice story. Maybe we should fly together since I have trouble in real mode also. Thing is, I'm in school right now and it's not easy so I spend most of my days at school. Have march break next week, maybe I can swing by some days.

embryo66

02-25-2004, 06:21 AM

That would be cool mate. I really suck at this game but I have fun anyway. The server I have been playing on is:S77th-OC-192 and their website is www.maddog-simulations.com (http://www.maddog-simulations.com)

Join the server and look for embryo66, i'll probably be on fire.

Extreme_One

02-25-2004, 06:24 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Join the server and look for embryo66, i'll probably be on fire.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Welcome to the game.
It's even fun when you constantly get shot down isn't it?
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

You couldn't be more right. I played online for about 3 hours tonight and didn't bring down a single plane (though I did help bring down a HE-111 that was bombing our airfield) and I still had the most fun I have ever had online.

I am still trying to get my head around Prop. Pitch and fuel mixtures etc.

I have a question maybe you could help me with though, while playing tonight I got pretty shot up and made a succesful crash landing but when I selected refly it still said "embryo66 has been killed by xxxxx"

Is there anyway to crash land without it being counted as a kill for your opponent?

Welcome to the game.
It's even fun when you constantly get shot down isn't it?
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

You couldn't be more right. I played online for about 3 hours tonight and didn't bring down a single plane (though I did help bring down a HE-111 that was bombing our airfield) and I still had the most fun I have ever had online.

I am still trying to get my head around Prop. Pitch and fuel mixtures etc.

I have a question maybe you could help me with though, while playing tonight I got pretty shot up and made a succesful crash landing but when I selected refly it still said "embryo66 has been killed by xxxxx"

Is there anyway to crash land without it being counted as a kill for your opponent?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I don't fly online mate so I can't help you -someone more knowledgable than me will come along soon though...

I played online yesterday for my first time and for the most part I got my wings saed off and handed to me. I did better than I though I would have, bringing down 3 or 4 of em over about an hour. After class today, 11-11:50, Ill probably be playing as much as possible. Maybe we can get in a game together for a Noob battle, haha.

AviatorD17

02-26-2004, 01:25 AM

I usually don't play online becuase everybody is better than I am so I'm playing the campaigns until i feel that i'm fit to fight with the Pros. But when I did first start playing multi, I got my first kill the same day by ramming a guy head on. haha that was pretty fun.

karost

02-26-2004, 02:47 AM

LOL good story...
I fell good that, see many new hunter join online.

when you join host for dogfight tell your friend team that your are new bird and need cover , and try to fly close with your friend